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Fundraising Now? Remember Morality Impacts Valuation

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New talk of capital efficiency is gratifying, but there was another lesson from pre-COVID-19 valuation struggles. Venture capitalists and early-stage investors have told all of us, founders are critical to a startup’s valuation. Remember Morality Impacts Valuation appeared first on ReadWrite. Morality matters.

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Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS) Launches JumpStart Program for Early-Stage Startups

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Outsourced financial services firm adds low-priced, fixed cost offering to their suite of financial services to help support very early-stage startups nationwide. JumpStart was designed specifically for very early-stage startups, to provide essential financial services and build a solid financial foundation for young companies.

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ProfessorVC: Card Counting for Investors

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How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? RCSMs premise is that they can reach an investment decision (and valuation) based on an application completed by the founders and take gut feel out of the decision process. They have launched a valuation tool that is free to try out. ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

It had a good mix of viewpoints with east ( James Geshwiler, Common Angels ) and west coast (yours truly) angels, early stage venture capitalist ( Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group ), and a couple of attorneys ( Dan Hansen and Mario Rosati ). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless. San Jose Mercury News: Maker Faire Mixes Business With Wackiness. Not all start-up stock is created equally. what kind of stock you are getting.

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ProfessorVC: Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways

Professor VC

In a convertible note structure, Im penalized for increasing your valuation. Instead of getting a 2-3x multiple from seed to Series A, I get a discount off of the Series A, so Im better off financially with a lower valuation. You may say, if you are investing in the next facebook or google, why care about valuation?

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Cannabis Startups: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges — May 26th San Francisco Panel Event

Early Growth Financial Services

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) May 19, 2015 Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS) is pleased to announce its first-ever panel event focused on cannabis-based businesses. Originally published on PRWeb. Founder and CEO … Continue reading →